LOS ANGELES — When federal authorities brought sweeping criminal charges against Sean "Diddy" Combs last year, they said the case was about much more than the mogul's alleged illegal behavior.

They said their cases would expose how the music legend-turned-entrepreneur used his power and money to get away with shocking crimes, often with help ...Read more

Mars Inc.’s Skittles candies are no longer being made with titanium dioxide, a chemical that whitens foods, brightens colors and makes candy appear shiny, the company confirmed to Bloomberg News.

The ingredient was removed from all Skittles production at the end of last year, a spokesperson said.

The additive was banned in the European ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — An invasive tick species in Connecticut has been found to carry the bacteria that can cause ehrlichiosis in humans, a discovery that has alarmed state biologists as the tick continues to increase its spread throughout the state.

Longhorned ticks, an emerging invasive species in the state, have now been found to carry the ...Read more

MIAMI — Cuban rapper Eliexer Márquez Duany, known as El Funky, one of the musicians who performed on Cuban protest anthem “Patria y Vida,” announced that his immigration case has been reopened after U.S. authorities denied his application for permanent residency.

El Funky made the announcement on Saturday after media reported that the ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn.— One person is in custody following a shooting at the Brass Mill Center mall in Waterbury, Connecticut, on Tuesday that left five people injured — a chaotic situation that police said could have been much worse.

The shooting, which police believe stemmed from a dispute that escalated into gunfire, was reported at 4:43 p.m. ...Read more

Elon Musk criticized President Trump’s sprawling One Big Beautiful BIll as wasteful in a new interview on Wednesday amid signs the epic bromance between the man in the White House and the world’s richest man is fading.

The Tesla and SpaceX mogul derided Trump’s signature budget package of tax and spending cuts, which narrowly passed in ...Read more

Deysi Vargas' daughter was nearly 2 1/2 when she took her first steps.

The girl was a year delayed because she had spent most of her short life in a hospital in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, tethered to feeding tubes 24 hours a day. She has short bowel syndrome, a rare condition that prevents her body from completely absorbing the nutrients of ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s veto of a bill related to reparations payments for the descendants of slaves has raised eyebrows among some Black leaders in Baltimore.

Moore vetoed Senate Bill 587 on May 16, which would have launched a two-year study into whether the state should provide reparations to those affected by the state’s ...Read more

Murphy Smith says he was unemployed for four years because of medical issues before becoming a rideshare driver in Eugene, Oregon.

Driving allows him to work without triggering his severe asthma, Smith, 47, says. But without a set minimum wage, he says he works 12 to 16 hours a day to support himself.

Smith, who’s part of the rideshare ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — It has become a kind of rallying cry: Teuchitlán, the township in the western state of Jalisco where searchers made a macabre discovery — a ranch of horrors featuring makeshift crematoria and hundreds of abandoned shoes, backpacks, T-shirts and other personal effects.

News reports proclaimed it the “Mexican Auschwitz,” ...Read more

CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Page Campbell’s doctor recommended she try an injectable prescription drug called Wegovy to lose weight before scheduling bariatric surgery, she readily agreed.

“I’ve struggled with my weight for so long,” said Campbell, 40, a single mother of two. “I’m not opposed to trying anything.”

In early April, ...Read more

ATLANTA -- Aven Thomas began medically transitioning from female to male in 2021, just months after then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve openly in the U.S. military.

The result was so gratifying for the U.S. Army specialist that he compared it to turning on a light in pitch darkness. “When ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho -- Gregory Bastos remembers being kidnapped along with a friend and beaten by Venezuelan forces for his political activism, not knowing whether he would die. The experience was traumatizing, he said, sitting at a cafe in downtown Boise with his wife, Oriana Bastos.

The Venezuelan-born couple, both 27, didn’t wait long before they...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Holding signs such as “No ICE in Court,” and “Protect Due Process,” some 50 to 60 protesters gathered in Kansas City Tuesday afternoon to protest a legal tactic — but one that they insist is inherently deceptive — being used by Department of Homeland Security attorneys to deport immigrants who show up for ...Read more

A Justice Department official leading President Donald Trump's battle against Harvard University — which has led to multiple lawsuits and the school losing billions in federal funding — says the administration intends to take the University of California to court over alleged antisemitism.

Leo Terrell, senior counsel for the Civil Rights ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk will have to face a lawsuit that claims the billionaire wielded illegal power by orchestrating President Donald Trump’s dramatic cuts in federal government jobs and spending, a judge ruled.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday denied a request by the Justice Department to toss the case filed by Democratic ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX managed to send its developmental Starship back into space surpassing the explosive fates that befell its last two attempts, while also for the first time flying with a reused Super Heavy booster. But not everything went well with the upper stage, which lost control during its suborbital trip halfway around the Earth.

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